IPS Vocational Specialist

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting 1 WTE Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Vocational Specialists to be based across our Secondary Care Mental Health Services. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a established team who provide specialist provision to our SMI service users. This role will support the national ambition of increasing access to IPS Employment Services as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.

The role will support service users in the Black Country and will form an integral part of individuals' recovery and care plans by working collaboratively with clinicians, service users, families and employers. The successful candidate will support a caseload of individuals who have experienced severe and enduring mental health problems who are unemployed.

Job description

Job Purpose -

To manage a caseload of people with severe and enduring mental health problems who require employment support; using the Individual Placement and Support approach to gain benefits advice, overcome barriers to work, developing close relationships with clinical teams and completing rapid job search. The post holder will work to the IPS model and will adhere to the Fidelity Scale ensuring that the service operates as close to the 25 principles as possible.

Person specification

Person Specification

Essential

• Able to build and maintain strong working relationships
• Experience of supporting people with mental health problems into work and knowledge of the barriers faced
• Working knowledge of the IPS model and ability to evidence high Fidelity practice
• Good report writing skills
• Ability to evidence initiative and proactivity

About the employer

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide: